Ken Loach
English filmmaker
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| 2023 | Released 'The Old Oak', his most recent film exploring social themes. |
| August 2021 | Loach was expelled from the Labour Party due to his alleged membership in Labour Against the Witchhunt, which he denied. |
| 2019 | Directed Sorry We Missed You, which received good reviews. |
| December 2019 | Loach, along with 42 other cultural figures, signed a letter supporting the Labour Party under Corbyn's leadership in the 2019 general election. |
| November 2019 | Loach endorsed the Labour Party in the 2019 general election. |
| July 2019 | Criticized the BBC's Panorama episode 'Is Labour Anti-Semitic?', calling it propagandistic and aimed at destroying Corbyn. |
| April 2018 | At a screening of 'I, Daniel Blake', reportedly suggested Labour MPs who attended an antisemitism rally should be deselected, though he later clarified his remarks. |
| April 2018 | Awarded an honorary doctorate by the Free University of Brussels, despite objections from Belgium's Prime Minister and Jewish organizations. |
| 2017 | Loach became an official sponsor of Labour Against the Witchhunt, a group campaigning against what it sees as politically motivated antisemitism allegations. |
| September 2017 | At the Labour Party Conference, Loach commented on allegations of antisemitism, stating he had never heard antisemitic or racist remarks in over 50 years of attending Labour Party meetings. |
| May 2017 | Loach directed an election broadcast featuring a profile of Jeremy Corbyn for the Labour Party's general election campaign. |
| 2016 | Released 'I, Daniel Blake', a powerful social commentary film that won critical acclaim. |
| 2016 | Won his second Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for 'I, Daniel Blake', becoming one of only ten filmmakers to win the award twice. |
| 2016 | Ken Loach publicly criticized the UK welfare system, describing the benefits claim process as a 'Kafka-esque, Catch-22 situation' designed to frustrate and humiliate claimants, highlighting his ongoing social activism and critique of systemic barriers faced by vulnerable populations. |
| September 2016 | Loach released his one-hour documentary 'In Conversation with Jeremy Corbyn' during the second Labour leadership election. |
| September 2016 | Honored with the inaugural Auteur Award by the Raindance Film Festival. |
| 2015 | Gave a press conference during the launch of Left Unity's manifesto for the general election. |
| August 2015 | Ken Loach endorsed Jeremy Corbyn's Labour leadership campaign. |
| 2014 | Feminist writer Julie Bindel published a critical article about Loach's films, arguing they lack meaningful female characters and representation of gay people. |
| 2014 | Presented with the Honorary Golden Bear at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival. |
| November 30 2013 | Founded Left Unity political party. |
| March 2013 | Launched a campaign with Kate Hudson and Gilbert Achcar to create a new left-wing party. |
| 2012 | Directed The Angels' Share, which competed for the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival and won the Jury Prize. |
| 2012 | Supported the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition in the London Assembly election. |
| November 2012 | Turned down the Turin Film Festival award in solidarity with workers who were dismissed after opposing wage cuts. |
| 2011 | Loach gave an interview to The Guardian discussing political censorship and shelving of some of his films. |
| 2011 | In a Financial Times interview, Loach explained his approach to embedding politics into characters and narrative. |
| December 7 2010 | Offered surety for Julian Assange in court along with John Pilger and Jemima Khan when Assange was arrested in London. |
| May 2010 | In an interview, Loach discussed three films that most influenced him: Bicycle Thieves (1948), Loves of a Blonde (1965), and The Battle of Algiers (1966), with De Sica's film particularly impacting his understanding of cinema as a medium for portraying ordinary people's dilemmas. |
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